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The Question of Prisons and the Prison Experience on the Mexican/Raza Community – from a Studies Perspective Bustillos, Ernesto. Chicano Mexicano Prison Project. Espitia, Catalina. Chicano Mexicano Prison Project. Romero, Francisco. Raza Rights Committee/Raza Press Association.

Transformational Resistance: Latinas’ Coping Strategies on a Predominantly White Campus Flores-Carmona, Judith. University of Utah. Marrun, Norma. University of Utah. Valles, Brenda. University of Utah.

A Critical Analysis Teacher Preparation of Prospective Chicana/o-Latino/a Teachers in a Hispanic Serving Institution Montano, Theresa. CSU Northridge. Quintanar, Rosalinda. San Jose State University. Delatorre, William. CSU Northridge.

New Research by the Binational Migration Institute: Human Rights & Immigration Enforcement, Pt I Fernandez, Celestino. University of Arizona. “Death in the Arizona/Sonoran Desert: Immigration & Border Patrol Policies.” Villanueva, Margaret. St. Cloud State University. “Immigrant Latinas in Minnesota: Status, Oppression & Resistance.” Ochoa O'Leary, Anna. University of Arizona. “Workers in the Intersection: Migration and Immigration Enforcement on the U.S./Mexico Border.” McCormick, Melissa. University of Arizona. “A ‘Dialogical’ Analysis of Migration & Death: Dead ‘Border Crossers’ as ‘Hidden Bodies’.” Chair: Rubio-Goldsmith, Raquel. University of Arizona.

The Chicana/Chicano Faculty Caucus: Organizing for Self-Preservation in a Hispanic-Serving Institution Trillo, Maria. Western New Mexico University. “Crossing Borders Constructing Identities.” Maya, Gloria. Western New Mexico University. “Salt of the Earth: Struggle without Borders.” Bustamante, Manuel and Magdaleno Manzanarez. Western New Mexico University. “Civic Engagement through Arts and Politics.” Tolar, Trinidad. Western New Mexico University. “Intercultural Understanding Across the Borders.” Chair: Rodriguez, Richard F. Western New Mexico University. “Intercultural Understanding Across the Borders.”

Institutional Applied Scholarship: Using Programmatic Academic Knowledge in Service of Community Initiatives Leyva, Yolanda Chavez. UT El Paso. Puente, Sylvia. University of Notre Dame. Gamboa, Gina. Chicago Teacher's Center. Chair: Ortiz, Victor. Northeastern Illinois University.

Chicanas on the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough Villasenor, Maria. UC Berkeley. Dicochea, Perlita. San Jose State University. Burciaga, Rebeca. UC Los Angeles. Chair: Chacon, Ramon. Santa Clara University.

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Leaders, Legacies and Lost Movements: Organizing and Immigration in San Diego County Martinez, Konane. National Latino Research Center. “¡Que Viva la Causa! The legacy of Cesar Chavez and Oaxacan Indigenous Agricultural Workers in San Diego County.” Nuñez-Alvarez, Arcela. National Latino Research Center. “‘We didn’t Cross the Border,’ Minutemen cross the border: Lessons for advancing a human rights movement along the United States-Mexico border.” Ricardez, Alejandrina. Coalición de Comunidades Indígenas de Oaxaca. “Binding Ties or Clashing Identities?: Transnational Oaxacan Immigrant Associations and Chicano Organizations in San Diego, California.”

Reaching the Community through Museums: Conveying the History and Stories of Latinos and for the General Public Morales, Argelia. Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum. Montalvo, Delia. Teatro Circulo. Ramirez-Montagut, Monica. Price Tower Arts Center. Sosa-Riddell, Citlali. UC Los Angeles.

Visualizations of Selves Santos, Xuan. UC Santa Barbara. “Tattooed por Vida: the Chicana/Chicano Production and Consumption of Tattoos.” Katzew, Adriana. University of Vermont. “‘No Chicanos on TV’: Chicana/o Artists-Activists as Visual Educators Countering Invisibility and Stereotypes in the Media through Art.” Castañeda Paredes, Mari. University of Massachusetts Amherst. “Spanish-language Television in an Era of Media Consolidation.” Chew, Martha. St. Lawrence University. “Not a comic book conflict: Memín Pinguín misunderstanding the U.S. civil rights consciousness.”

Department of Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies Escobar, Edward. Arizona State University. Danielson, Marivel. Arizona State University. Szkupinski-Quiroga, Seline. Arizona State University. Candelaria, Cordelia. Arizona State University. Montiel, Miguel. Arizona State University. Discussant: Bernardi, Daniel. Arizona State University. Chair: Velez-Ibanez, Carlos. Arizona State University.

Let’s do “Work that Matters”: Transborder Wound Healing through Cyber-Testimonios Cantú, Norma. Univeristy of Texas, San Antonio. Lomas, Clara. The Colorado College. Tabuenca, Socorro. El Colegio de la Frontera Norte. Gaspar de Alba, Alicia. UC Los Angeles. Prieto, Antonio. Chair: Joysmith, Claire. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.

Political Mobilazations in Multipual Social Spheres Mora-Torres, Gregorio. San Jose State University. “The Celebration and Politics of Fiestas Patrias in Santa Clara County, California, 1940-1960.” Garcia, Gilberto, Eastern Washington University. “The Politics of Accommodation or the Politics of Class Domination: the Case of the Commission on Hispanic Affairs in the State of Washington.” Navarro, Carlos. National Hispanic University. “Mobilizing Latino Grassroots Organizations: a Case Study of Santa Clara County's Roundtable.”

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García-Castañon, Marcela. University of Arizona. “Deconstructing “The Latino Vote”: a Comprehensive look at Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban-American political participation and identities.” Guzman, Daniel. UT El Paso. “Race/Class and Whiteness: the Mexican American Experience in San Antonio Politics and the Good Government League.”

Teaching Chicana/o Studies in Mexico: a Transnational Exchange in Cuernavaca, Mexico Cadena, Gilbert. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Medina, Lara. CSU Northridge. Torres, Jorge. CETLALIC, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Villafaña, Rebekah. CSU Northridge. Pizano, Wendy. CSU Northridge.

Student Research at the Binational Migration Institute: Human Rights & Immigration Enforcement, Part II Aguilar, Consuelo. University of Arizona. “Criminalizing Immigrants.” Badilla, Marisol. University of Arizona. “La Guía: Institutionalized Messages of Mexican Migrant Women.” Duarte, Inez. University of Arizona. “The Processing of the Migrant Dead along the Arizona/Sonora Border.” Martinez, Daniel. University of Arizona. “The Counting of the Migrant Dead along the Arizona/Sonora Border.” Mendoza, Francisco. University of Arizona. “The DREAM Act and Human Rights.”

Bad “Girls,” Homophobia, and Transgendered Youth: Nao Bustamante’s “America, the Beautiful,” Culture Clash’s “Bordertown,” and the Case of Gwen Araujo Gutiérrez, Laura. University of Arizona. “Avant-garde Mestizaje: Nao Bustamante’s ‘Bad Girl’ Aesthetics.” Mata, Irene. UC San Diego. “Caught on the Border: Sexism and Homophobia in Culture Clash’s Bordertown.” Heidenreich, Linda. Washington State University, Pullman. “Reconstructing Family Values: Gwen Araujo, Sylvia Guerrero, and a Family’s Fight for Justice in Suburban America.” Chair: Urquijo-Ruiz, Rita E. Trinity University.

Feminist Coalitions and Collaborations Across Differences Gutierrez, Elena. University of Illinois, Chicago. “Latina organizing for Reproductive Justice: Definitions, Possibilities and Challenges.” Sinha, Mrinal. UC Santa Cruz. “Social Identity and Gender Consciousness with Latinos.” Roa, Jessica. UC Santa Cruz. “Feminists in Dialogue: the Promise of Political Coalitions between Latinas and White Women in Higher Education.” Discussant: Hurtado, Aida. UC Santa Cruz.

Critical Pedagogies Sutterby, John, Garcia, Jaime H., and Chamberlain, Steve P. UT Brownsville. “Shared Perspectives on Teaching the Incorporation of Social Justice in the Classroom.” Calderon, Dolores. UC Los Angeles. “Education for a Multinational State: Rethinking Collaborative Educational Practices for a New Politics.” Martinez, Roberto. City University of New York, Graduate Center. “Mexicans in New York: What Demographers, Educational Researchers and Social Theorists Can Contribute to Understanding Family and Peer Influences in a Recent Immigrant Group in New York.” Santiago, Maribel. UC Los Angeles. “Deconstructing History and Urban Spatiality: How Critical Pedagogy Impacts Students’ Perceptions on Black and Brown Relations.”

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Contested Identities Hernandez, Roberto. UC Berkeley. “Octavio Paz ó Paz y Dignidad: Chicanas/os, Modernidad y Corrientes Indigenistas en las Americás.” Aguirre, Tlahtoki. University of Minnesota. “Contested Stories: Unraveling the ‘Possessive Investment in Mexikah Human Sacrifice’.” Alvarez, Eddy. CSU Northridge. “La pena: Estado de Coatlicue en tres textos postcoloniales La frontera de cristal, Sirena vestida de pena y Real Women Have Curves.” Solorzano-Thompson, Nohemy, Whitman College and Jonathan Thompson, Cornell University. “Finding the Individual within the Leviathan: Identity and Urban Form in Amores perros.”

From Mother to Daughter: the Attainment of the Ph.D. Lopez, Maria. Ocotillo High School. Lopez, Renee. UC Davis. Silva, Sylvia. Empowerment Life Coaching/Community Literacy.

Immigration, Transnationalism and Cultural Citizenship Solorzano, Armando. University of Utah. “The Influence of the Mormon Religion in the Immigration of Mexicans and Latinos to Utah.” Diaz, Gerardo. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. “Transnationalism, Latino Identity and Political Participation in the Angeleno Metropolis.” Garcia, Myrna. UC San Diego. “Mexican Labor Migrants ‘Settling Down’ in Chicago, 1970s.” Moreno, Melissa. University of Utah. “Constituting Cultural Citizenship Practices and Border Identities Among U.S.-Mexican young Adults.”

COMPAS Panel One: Neo Liberalism, Transnationlism, US Intervention, and Globalization in Latin America Rodriguez, David. CSU Northridge. Valdes, Dennis. Michigan State University . Contreras, Raoul. Indiana Northwest University. Hernandez, Manuel. Arizona State University. Chair: Moreno, Jose. Oxnard College and CSU Channel Islands.

Documenting the American D.R.E.A.M. Pérez, Daniel Enrique. University of Nevada, Reno. Sandoval, Trino. Phoenix College. Reyes, Guillermo. Arizona State University. Chavarría, Carlos Manuel. Arizona State University.

Echoes of Violence: the Contradictions of Border Wars Aranda, José. Rice University. “Peace after War: Caballero and the Limits of Patriarchal Defense of Family.” Gonzalez, John M. UT Austin. “Visions of Cortina.” Sanchez, Rosaura. UC San Diego.

Persistence in Higher Education Susana, Lucero. CSU Fresno. “Latinas & Higher Education: What Critical element(s) motivate Latinas to Pursue the Doctorate?” Vaquera, Gloria. John Carroll University. “College Student Retention: How are Raza Students doing on a Diverse Campus?”

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Salazar, Adrianna. CSU Northridge. “Returning Community to the Classroom: a Curriculum Model for Integrating Service Learning.” Lechuga, Chalane. University of New Mexico. “Who Am I?: Constructing Identities that Promote Success in Higher Education.”

Transnational Mexicanidades: Performance, Dialogue, and Representation, Part I Gaytán, Marie Sarita. UC Santa Cruz. “Consuming the Nation: Tequila and the Production of Mexican Identity.” Huerta, Elisa. UC Santa Cruz. “Performing Mexica/nidades a través de Danza Azteca: a Critical Exploration.” Nava, Steve. UC Santa Cruz. “U.S. Mexicanidades: Towards a Method for Analyzing Popular Cultural Practices.” Schaeffer-Grabiel, Felicity. UC Santa Cruz. “Cinema and Latina/Mexicana Diaspora.” Discussant: Ramírez, Ana Cristina. Universidad de Morelia.

Chicana/o Movement Paradigms and Theories Gomez-Quiñones, Juan. UC Los Angeles. “Parsing the Paradigm.” Serrano, Jose Luis. CSU Dominguez Hills. “The Chicana/o Movement as Indigenous Resistance: Using Indigenismo to Examine Chicana/o Movement History.” Alonzo, Karla. CSU Dominguez Hills. “Chicana Experience in the City Terrace Chapter of La (United People’s Party).” Carrasco, Tomas. UC Santa Barbara. “Critical Performance and the Chicana/o Movement.” Chair: Vasquez, Irene. CSU Dominguez Hills.

Relacion entre Movimiento Xicano & Movimiento Indígena Domingo, Paola. Nahuatl School Teacher, Cuentepec Morelos. Cacerez, Don Aurelio. Traditional Elder, Amatlan de Quetzalcoatl Morelos. Gonzales, Patrisia. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hernandez Avila, Inez. UC Davis. Chair: Rodriguez, Roberto. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Watsonville : Revolutionizing la Causa Alcantar, Jonathan. San Jose State University. “Redefining desde una perspectiva Martiana.” Alejo, Tomas. UC Santa Cruz. “Lessons from the past for a productive militant Now!” Caldo de Cultivo Urbano: Adriana Garcia, Gabriela Santos, and Susana Bautista. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. “De las calles chilangas, pa' la raza del otro lado.” Gutierrez, Alejandra. UC Santa Cruz. “Mujeres Revolucionarias: Chicana Activism and the Mexicanas Who Inspired Them.” Medrano, Ramiro. CSU Monterey Bay. “Reflection in the Mirror: Chicanos & Recent Mexican Immigrants.”

Producing Space and Place: Shaping the Ground of Inclusion/Exclusion, Part I Miranda, Keta. UT San Antonio. “Official and Unofficial Geographies: Ethnographic Case Study of Space and Place Producing space and place: shaping the ground of inclusion/inclusion.” Reyes, Jr., Jesus. UT San Antonio. “Thelma, TX: Water, Community and Economy.” Guirao, Maya. UT San Antonio. “Billboards, Language and Advertisement in SA's West side.” Moya, Jenny. UT San Antonio. “SA, TX; South East Side Interviews.” Moderator: Miranda, Keta.

Challenges, Successes, and Obstacles: the Recruitment and Retention of Xicano Students at Michigan State University

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Torres, Miguel. Michigan State University. “Mexican American Migrant Students' Persistence & Retention Rates at Michigan State University.” Escalante, William. Michigan State University. “The Cost of Cultural Difference: Overcoming Isolation and Discrimination at a Predominantly University.” Mireles, Ernesto Todd and Nora Salas. Michigan State University. “Xicano/Latino Enrollment Advocacy Project (XLEAP) at Michigan State University.”

Transnational Conceptions and Labels Rodriguez, Luis Carlos. University of Southern California. “Glo(barrio)logy: Transnationalized Conceptions of Chican@ Cultural Identity and Social Consciousness in Contemporary Los Angeles.” de Katzew, Lilia. CSU Stanislaus. “Latino: yet another Amorphous Label.” Espinoza, “Sonny” Richard. Loyola Marymount University. “Chicanismo, Cinema, and Social Justice: Exploring Transnationalism and Conscientization through Popular Culture.” Montes, Amelia. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “Transnational Connections in Una Herida Por Otra: Mexican and U.S. Latin@ Print and Cyberspace Collaborations.”

COMPAS Panel Two: The War on Terrorism: Its Social and Political effects in the United States Furumoto, Rosa. CSU Northridge. Montano, Theresa. CSU Northridge. Gutierrez, Gabriel. CSU Northridge. Bustillos, Ernesto. Association for Raza Educators. Navarro, Armando. University of California at Riverside. Chair: Moreno, Luis. CSU Northridge.

Citizenship, Imperialsim and Modernity: Challenging Traditional Chicana/o Historical and Literary Studies Guidotti-Hernández, Nicole. University of Arizona. “Violence and "Modernizing" the Sonora/Arizona Borderlands.” Coronado, Raul. University of Chicago. “The Idiom of Imperial Critique: Theorizing 19th-Century U.S. Expansionism, or, How the Mexican North Became the U.S. Southwest.” Hernández, Jose. University of Chicago. “The Founding of ‘La Ascensión’ & Episodes of Political Violence in the Ceded Territories in the Late 19th Century.” Chair: Alvarez, Luis. UC San Diego.

Feminist Literary Frames Santa Cruz, Darlane. University of Arizona. “Redefining Liberation through Latina Feminist Eyes.” Nuñez, Gabriela. UC San Diego. “Investigating Fronteras: the U.S.-Mexico Border in Chicana/o and Mexican Detective Fiction.” Martinez, Elizabeth. Sonoma State University. “A Miracle for Mexico and Josefina Niggli: the earliest story in English of the Virgen Guadalupe.”

Factors Contributing to Positive First-Year College Experiences and Degree Persistence for Latinas/os at Selective Institutions Cabrera, Nolan. UC Los Angeles. Saenz, Victor. UC Los Angeles. Espinosa, Lorelle. UC Los Angeles.

Transnational Mexicanidades: Performance, Dialogue, and Representation, Part II Nájera-Ramírez, Olga. UC Santa Cruz. “Translating Mexico: Performing the Nation through Folklórico Dance.”

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Rodriguez, Russell. UC Santa Cruz. “Sound and Sentimiento: Contesting Discourses Concerning Mariachi Music.” Zepeda, Susy J. UC Santa Cruz. “Mexicana Lesbianas: Exploring Transnational Cultural Production within Lesbian Movimientos.” Zavella, Patricia. UC Santa Cruz. “Counter Narratives to U.S. Nativist Discourse by Los Tigres del Norte.” Discussant: de la Peña, Guillermo. CIESAS-Occidente.

Opening Space for Queer Chicana/os in the University Classroom Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen. Trent University. Garcia, Jaime. UT Brownsville. de la tierra, tatiana. University of Buffalo.

Class and Transnational Queer Mexicano-Chicano Subjectivities and Cultural Production de la Mora, Sergio. UC Davis. “¡Ay Jalisco no te rajes! Re-examining Lucha Reyes’s Cultural Legacy.” DeSoto, Aureliano Maria. Metropolitan State University. “Chicana/o Intellectual Politics and the Complications of Class.” Macías-González, Víctor Manuel. University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. “Class and the Diasporic Imagination of Mexicano/Chicano Queer Subjectivity: a Historical Perspective.”

Chicana and Chicano Feminism in Las Vegas: Counterstories from Student Activists in “Sin City” Tijerina Revilla, Anita. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Castro, Alma. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Portillo, Javi. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Leal, Emmanuelle. University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Producing Place and Space: Shaping the Ground of Inclusion/Exclusion, Part II Miranda, Keta. UT San Antonio. “Producing Place and Space: Shaping the ground of inclusion/exclusion.” Quezada, Maria. UT San Antonio. “SA, TX: Southside stories.” Cortez Walden, Liza. UT San Antonio. “With Cameras in Their Hands.” Perez, Elaine. UT San Antonio. “SA,TX: Inquiry and Interview.” Gomez, Carla. UT San Antonio. “Los Gatos, CA: Appropriated and Dominated Space.” Moderator: Miranda, Keta.

Beyond Educational Borders: an Oral History of Chicanas/os in Higher Education Solano, Ivonne. University of North Texas. Verduzco, Paul Evaristo. University of North Texas. Karlson, Tracey. University of North Texas. Espinoza, Claudia. University of North Texas. Discussant: Nunez-Janes, Mariela. University of North Texas.

L.A. ♥ D.F.: Print and Visual Culture as Transnational Feminist Sites of Queer Chicana and Mexican Lesbian Dialogues Macias, Stacy. UC Los Angeles. “Reading LeS VOZ and Tongues from Present to Past: Transnational Public(ation)s and Cultures.” Serna, Cristina. UC Santa Barbara. “Toward Transborder Collaborations and Dialogues: LeSVOZ’s ‘Semana Cultural 2005’ in Mexico City.” Lopez, Alma. Independent Scholar. “LA Loves DF: Love in Two Cities.”

Surviving the Academy with Traditional Medicine: Yerbas, Energias y Medicina Tradicional

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Gonzales, Patrisia. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Leyva, Yolanda. UT El Paso. Reyes Gomez, Carolina. Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur Universidad de Guadalajara. Groupo de mujeres de Autlan, Jalisco. Roman, Estela. Sobadora, Temixo, Morelos.

Centering Mexican Immigration to the Midwest within Chicana/Chicano Studies Fernandez, Lilia. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Acosta, Aidé. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Martinez, Anne. UT Austin.

Transending Imperialisms Gutierrez, Victoria. Humboldt State University. “Globalizing Femininity: How Women in Emiliano Zapata Negotiate Cultural Imperialism.” Balli, Cecilia. Rice University. “Why do we write about the women of Juarez?: One Chicana's Perspective.” Lopez, Miguel. University of New Mexico. “Linking the Local and the Global in Lourdes Portillo's Señorita Extraviada and Alicia Gaspar de Alba's Desert Blood.” Ruiz, Jason. University of Minnesota. “Imperial Neighbors: Travelogues and the Construction of Mexico in the U.S. Imagination, 1910-1920.”

La Violencia Contra las Mujeres de Juárez: a Theoretical and Grassroots Perspective from Las Vegas and El Paso Tijerina Revilla, Anita. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Morales, Maria Cristina. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Flores, Evelyn. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Morales, Cynthia. Center Against Family Violence.

Latino Immigrant Families and Childcare Providers in the Midwest: a Research and Education Project Uttal, Lynet. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Rodriguez, Francisco. Exchange Center. Frausto, Leticia. Contacto Latino/University of Wisconsin-Madison. Saldaña, Lilliana. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mouchon, Bridget. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Guest Worker Programs, Xicano Identity and Farm Labor Organizing in Michigan and North Carolina Villagran, Jose. Michigan State University. “Xicano Identity in the Fields: Organizing Mexican Nationals from a Chicano Perspective.” Lopez, Elias. Michigan State University. “Farm Labor Worker Struggles in Michigan.” Vega, Oscar. Michigan State University. “A Subterraneous Economy: H2A Mexican Nationals in North Carolina.” Chair: Garcia, Jerry. Michigan State University.

Fighting to Keep the Dream Alive: Educación, Acceso, y La Causa Perez Espinoza, Mariano Eric. Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, Mexico. Espejel, Alondra Kiawitl. Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network. González-Castro, Sylvia Margarita. University of Minnesota. Ockenfels-Martinez, Martha Marie. University of Minnesota.

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Reconsidering Adolescents Valenzuela, Angela. University of Texas. “Patriotism and the Struggle Against Neo-liberal, Anti- Democratic Education Reforms in Texas.” Luedke, Courtney. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “Strategies for Educating an Emerging Latino Population.” Castellanos, Bianet. University of Minnesota. “Guadalupes and Meseros: Tourism and Maya Adolescent Migration.”

Xicano Nationalism as a Tool for Gender, Immigrant and Student Liberation Mireles, Ernesto Todd. Michigan State University. “Mexa, Xicano Nationalism and the War of Positions.” Salas, Nora. Michigan State University. “Desde mujer sufrida a ‘working woman’.” Reyes, Teofilo. University of Chicago. “Xicano nationalism as a solution to the challenges of globalization: Immigrants, Free Trade and White Nativism.” Chair: Melendez, Theresa. Michigan State University.

Publishing Chicano History: the Al Filo-Mexican American Studies Series at UNT Press San Miguel, Guadalupe. University of Houston. “Contested Policy: the Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001.” Mora-Torres, Gregorio. San Jose State University. “Californio Voices: the Oral Memoirs of Jose Maria Amador and Lorenzo Asisara.” Calderon, Roberto R. University of North Texas. “Al Filo: the Making of the First Mexican American Studies Series at a University Press in North Tejas.”

The Historical Origins of Mexican Labor Migration to the U.S. in the 19th Century: Some Causes and Consequences Gonzalez Quiroga, Miguel Angel. La Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon. “Atravesando el Bravo: las raìces de la migración mexicana a Estados Unidos (1848-1860).” Calderon, Roberto R. University of North Texas. “The Mexican Working Class on the Texas-Mexico Border, 1870-1910.” Mora-Torres, Juan. DePaul University. “The First Michoacano Migration to el norte, 1900-1910.” Hernandez Carrillo, Jose Angel. University of Chicago. “Historical Origins of Sonoran Migration: Early Migrations to California & Arizona, 1849- 1880s.”

Pedagogical Performances/Performative Pedagogies: Identity and the Production of Knowledge Díaz-Sánchez, Micaela. Stanford University. “Cuerpo Como Palabra (en-)Códice-ado Body as Codex-ized Word: Xicana/Indígena and Mexicana Performance.” Zamora, Michelle. Stanford University. “Trenzas for This Malinche: Malinalli as Chicana-Indígena Performance & Ritual.” Minich, Julie. Stanford University. “‘Queer Aztlán’ and the Representation of Disability in the Work of Oscar Casares.” Madrigal, Doris. Stanford University. “Mi sitio y mi lengua: the formative power of language in Spanish heritage speaker’s identities.” Colín, Ernesto. Stanford University. “Mocuepa Mitotiliztli: a Cultural Study of Aztec Dance in California’s Bay Area.” Moderator: Yarbro-Bejarano, Yvonne. Stanford University.

Decolonizing Methodologies, Transnationalism, and Chicana Feminist Education Elenes, C. Alejandra. Arizona State University, West Campus. “La Virgen de Guadalupe and Transnational Commodification.”

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Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen. Trent University. “Latina Toronto: Transnational Pedagogies.” Godinez, Francisca E. CSU Sacramento. “ and Action Research: Methodologies and Strategies that honor community and visions of change.” Bejarano, Cynthia. New Mexico State University. “Border Theorizing Methodologies to Produce ‘Sabor’ Pedagogies.” Saavedra, Cinthya M. UT Arlington. “Decolonizing Pedagogy in the Classroom: Lessons from Borderland-Mestizaje Feminism.” Chair: Elenes, C. Alejandra.

A Preliminary Analysis of a Grassroots Partnership-- “Adelante: a College Awareness and Preparatory Program” Delgado Bernal, Dolores. University of Utah. Aleman, Enrique. University of Utah. Villalpando, Octavio. University of Utah. Flores, Judith. University of Utah.

Increasing the Presence of Chicanas in Higher Education: the Effects of Recruitment, Gender Equity, and Tenure Ramirez, Sophia. University of San Francisco. Salazar, Lorena. University of San Francisco. Curry Rodriguez, Julia. San Jose Sate University. Gallego-Diaz, Lupe. UC Berkeley.

Globalization and Chicana Urban Survival Strategies Mora, Juana. CSU Northridge. “First 5LA Neighborhood Data Use Collaborative.” Pardo, Mary. CSU Northridge. “Latina ‘Sex Work’ in Metropolitan California.” Sandoval, Denise. CSU Northridge. “Representations of Chicanas Within Culture.” Garcia, Jorge. CSU Northridge. “The National Farmworkers Association's Huelgistas.” Lopez-Garza, Marta. CSU Northridge. “The Reintegration of the Formerly Incarcerated.” Facilitator: Soto, Shirlene. CSU Northridge.

Bisexual Womyn Doing Queer Latina/Chicana Studies Tijerina Revilla, Anita. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “Bisexual Chicana/Latina Feminist Testimonios and Political Praxis.” Martinez, Anayvette Maria. San Francisco State University. “Quien Sos Vos: Queering Central- American Diasporic Identity through the Arts.” Millan, Isabel. San Francisco State University. “Cyber Sexualities: Queer Chicanas/Latinas and LGTB Mexicanas Online.” anaya-cerda, aurora. New York. “Queering the Lens: Bridging Queer Subjectivity with Photography.” Chair: Montes, Amelia. University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Theory from the Periphery: Minority Struggles for Social Justice Moya, Paula. Stanford University. Hames-García, Michael. University of Oregon. Martínez, Ernesto. Binghamton University.

Mapping Out Consciousness in Reyes, Robert. UC Berkeley. Ramirez, Omar. UC Berkeley. Flores, Joe. UC Berkeley. Vasquez, Marissa. UC Berkeley.

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Urias, Gabriel. UC Berkeley. Moderator: Saldivar, Jose David. UC Berkeley.

Mediating Identities: Historical and Contemporary Strategies Morales, Christina. UC Santa Cruz. “Without My Consent: the Chicana Rights Project, Forced Sterilization, and Alternative Spaces for Resistance, 1970-1980.” Chavez, Xochitl. UC Santa Cruz. “Transitional Identities: the Formation of the Guelaguetza in California.” Bueno, Marianne M. UC Santa Cruz. “Militarized mexicanas: 'Kelly Katies' and the Fair Employment Practice Commission in San Antonio, Texas.” Andrade, Erendira J. CSU Dominguez Hills. "Native American and Chicana Women's Agency For Reproductive Justice."

Techo-chtichlan: Digital Immigrants Teaching Digital Natives in Aztlan Meraz, Gerard. Cal. State. Uni. Northridge. Chair: Guerrero, Carlos. Los Angeles City College.

Everyday Feminist Practices of Aztlan and Beyond: Claiming Place and Bonding across Regions Delgadillo, Theresa. University of Notre Dame. “(Trans) Nation in Chicana Narrative: Putting Flesh on the Bones of Aztlan.” Broyles-Gonzáles, Yolanda. University of Arizona. “Chicanas Singing Hemispheric Consciousness.” Otero, Lydia R. University of Arizona. “Chicanas Claim Place and History.” Arwari, Tracy. University of Arizona. “Can the Subaltern Sing?: the Creation of Chicana Feminist Space in the Performances of Jenni Rivera.” Chair: Montoya, Maria E. University of Michigan. Discussant: Arredondo, Gabriela F. UC Santa Cruz.

A Feminist Lens: Reconceptualizing Community Development V. Solis, Miriam. UC Berkeley. Escamilla, Maria Teresa. UC Berkeley. Martinez, Rosa. UC Berkeley / Greenlining Institute. Chair: Mares López, Michaela. UC Berkeley / Greenlining Institute.

Canciones de Mi Madre: Queering the Bolero, Ranchera and Spanish Pop Music Alarcon, Wanda. JOTA 'zine. “Malaguena Salerosa: Remembrance of a Queer Musical Childhood; or, Was Connie Frances Singing to Me?” Garcia-Orozco, Antonia. CSU Fullerton. “The Estilo Bravío of Lucha Reyes and the Queering of the Canción Ranchera.” Vargas, Deborah. UC Irvine. “Chelo y Paquita: Gender Queer Movements of Bolero Music.” Moderator: Saldivar-Hull, Sonia. UT San Antonio. Chair: Alarcon, Wanda.

Contemporary Research on the Period, 1965-1975 Mariscal, Jorge. UC San Diego. Oropeza, Lorena. UC Davis. Ferreira, Jason. San Francisco State University. Espinoza, Dionne. CSU Los Angeles. Marquez, John. UT El Paso.

Transnational Migration: Documenting the U.S.-Mexico through various Sources

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Garcia, Jerry. Michigan State University. “Contisteme: Letters from Home to Braceros in the Pacific Northwest.” Lopez, Paul. CSU Chico. “‘Left Behind’: the Stories of former Mexican Bracero Wives.” De Anda, Roberto. Portland State University. “Ernesto Galarza, the Bracero Program, and Current Guest Worker Proposals.”

Problematics of Undocumented Workers Levine, Elaine. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. “Transnationalism and Labor Market Conditions for Mexican Workers in the U.S.” Aragonés, Ana María. “Los Trabajadores Indocumentados y su papel en la economía de los Estados Unidos un estudio de caso: la Península de Del-Mar-Va. (1990-2004).” Barajas, Manuel. CSU Sacramento. “Un Pueblo Entre Dos Mundos: a Longitudinal Case Study of Transnational Migrants and Emergent Conceptions of Home(s).” Calvillo, Carolina. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “Effects of Laws On Undocumented Workers.”

Urban Interventions Merla Watson, Cathryn. University of Minnesota. “Luis Valderas and Project MASA: Making a World of Difference for Chicana/os in the 21st-Century.” Latorre, Guisela. UC Santa Barbara. “Urban Glyphs: Chicana/o Community Murals and Street Graffiti in California.” Manzanarez, Magdaleno. Western New Mexico University. “The First Chicano Public Radio Station in the U.S.: an Antithesis in the Age of Media Conglomerates.” Davalos, Karen Mary. Loyola Marymount University. “Social Justice, Housing, and Liberation Theology: the Resurrection Project of Chicago, Illinois.”

Chicana/o Latina/o Academic Success: Social Networking, Family Advocacy and Student Empowerment in Higher Education Rodriguez, Elizabeth. CSU Dominguez Hills. “Familial Support in the Academic Success of Chicana/o Latina/o College Students.” Gonzalez, Elizabeth. CSU Dominguez Hills. “Resiliency and the Support of Mamá: Latinas and Post Graduate Education.” Pineda, Jesus. CSU Dominguez Hills. “Education as a Right: Immigrant Students Advocate for Educational Access.” Chair: Vasquez, Irene. CSU Dominguez Hills.

Area Studies v Ethnic Studies Acuña, Rodolfo. CSU Northridge. Garcia, Jorge. CSU Northridge. Pardo, Mary. CSU Northridge. Chair: Rodriguez, David. CSU Northridge.

Chicana/o Studies for Transformation: Lessons in Applied Chicana/o Studies from the Trenches Calsadillas-Lopez, Cynthia. San Jose State University. “Searching for Truth: Reclaiming Chicana/o History with Youth in Juvenile Hall.” Gamboa, Miguel. San Jose State University. “Mexican American History: Integrating the Past with the Present and Instilling Cultural Pride in Chicana/o Youth.” White, Elizabeth. San Jose State University. “Including Parent Voices in School Decision Making.” Allen, Lupe. San Jose State University. “Centering the Power of Students: Transforming University Academic Advising.”

Daughters of Immigrants: from the Fields to a Ph.D.

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Sarmiento, Matilde. UT Pan American. Esparza Young, Edith. UT Brownsville-TSC. Rodriguez Blanco, Orfa. Brownsville ISD. Garcia, Nancy. University of Texas -TSC.

Politics and Action Furumoto, Rosa. CSU Northridge. “Working with Chicana/o/Latina/o Communities to Address Globalization and Militarism.” Martinez, Richard. University of Minnesota. “The Chicano Priest Movement and the Latin American Liberation Theology Connection.” Soldatenko, Gabriel. Binghamton University. “‘Putting in Work’: Political Praxis and Crime.” Delgado, Ofelia. “Culture, Collective Identity, and Oppositional Consciousness: the Grassroots Social Movement Politics of El Proyecto Calpulli.”

Sexualidad in the Borderlands: Choques entre Gender, Femininity, Cultura y Globalization Longoria, Rolando. UC Santa Barbara. “Dreaming in Cyborg.” Anguiano, Jose. UC Santa Barbara. “Music, Globalization and Sex.” Olmos, Daniel. UC Santa Barbara. “The Urban Gay Revolt.” Castro, Corinne. Temple University. “Transgressing Heteronormative Chicanismo.”

Activism Across Borders – Tijuana, Los Angeles, and Mexico City – Immigrants, Garment Workers and Student Activism creating Alianzas Valle, Maria. University of Redlands. “Immigration and Transnational Community Empowerment.” Soldatenko, Michael. CSU Los Angeles. “From the Walkouts in Los Angeles to the Streets of Tlatelolco.” Soldatenko, Maria. Pitzer College. “Creando Alianzas: Asian and Latina Activists Joining Forces at the Garment Worker Center in Los Angeles.” Chair: Tinker Salas, Miguel. CSU Pomona.

Transnational Chicana and Chicano Studies in Popular Cultural Expressions: Film, Literature, and Music perez, alejandro wolbert. UC Berkeley. “Reading between the Lines: Imagining Identity, Sexuality, Race and Class in Los. Bro. Hernandez’ Love and Rockets.” Ramírez, Sara. UT San Antonio. “Assuaging Chicana/o Identity: ‘Las viejitas’ in John Phillip Santos's Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation.” Hernandez, Alexandro. UT San Antonio. “Nadie sabe como cantar La Petenera --Folksong as Historical Record.” Rodriguez, Lori. UT San Antonio. “Cinematic Cross Dressing?: a Feminist Critique of Filmmaker Jimmy Mendiola’s Chicana Pícara.” Chair: Cantú, Norma. UT San Antonio.

Rural Community Struggles Sanchez, Jessica. CSU Monterey Bay. “Resisting the Neo-liberal Strategy: Imposición y Rebeldía de La Cultura Laboral.” Sifuentez, Mario. Brown University. “Aquí También Se Puede: the Farmworker Movement in Oregon.” Gonzales, Roberto. UC Irvine. “Growing up on the Margins: the Children of Mexican Unauthorized Migrants.” Chacon, Ramon. Santa Clara University. “Fresno, California Revisited.”

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Queering Teatro: Transnational Subjects and Transvestism -- Oliver Mayer's “Conjunto,” Greg Ramos's “Border Stories,” and Evelina Fernández's “Dementia” Fuentes, Marla. UC San Diego. “‘But this way I’m Pachucote—Suavecito—The Man’: Reading the Queer and Transnational in Oliver Mayer’s Conjunto.” Lucas, Ashley. UC San Diego. “Transnational Ethnographic Performance: Mapping Agency and Voicing in Greg Ramos’s Border Stories.” Urquijo-Ruiz, Rita E. Trinity University. “Transvestism and Courage: La Lupe in Evelina Fernández’s Dementia.” Chair: Heidenreich, Linda. University of Washington, Pullman.

Transformational Resistances Callahan, Manuel. Humboldt State University. “Mitotes, Coyunturas and Advanced Seminars: Temporary Autonomous Zones of Knowledge Production and the decolonization of the Chican@ Studies classroom.” Moreno, Jose. Oxnard College. “The Political Quest for a Paradigm Shift, Radicalism, Class Analysis, Scholar Activist Methodologies : in Chicano History and Chicano Studies.” Olivencia, Nelia. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “Civilizations and Civilization: the Future of America.” Malagon, Maria. UC Los Angeles. “Examining Transformational Resistance: Creating Spaces of Chicana Chicano Student Empowerment.”

Latino and Immigrant Experiences Juarez, Victor, Travis Cronin, Janet Stein and Luis Perez. Eastern Washington University. “Quality of Life: the Latino Experience in the State of Washington.” Dennedy-Frank, Daniel. Whitman College. “Learning and Acculturation in Immigrant Children.” Casillas, Dolores Ines. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. “Broadcasting ‘La Migra,’ Refashioning Radio: U.S. Spanish-language Radio and the Post-1980 Political Moment.” Morales, Maria Cristina. University of Nevada Las Vegas. “The Citizenship Divide: Coalition Building and the Conceptualization of Latina/o Co-Ethnicity.”

Transnational Indigenous Studies: Linking IPA and NACCS Scholarship in Developing Decolonization Strategies for Native Communities Casanova, Stephen. St. Cloud State University. Lacourt, Jeanne. St. Cloud State University. Wilson, Angela. Arizona State University. Yellow Bird, Michael. University of Kansas. Rodriguez, Roberto. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Transnational Experiences of Chicana/o Graduate Students Trujillo, Armando. University of Texas-San Antonio. “Reconnecting with Mexican Roots: Transnational University Experiences of Chicana/ Chicano Graduate Students.” Romero, Eric. New Mexico Highlands University. “Transnational Identity Formation and Academic Praxis: Testimonio de un Chicano Hillbilly en la Gran Capital Azteca.” Guerrero, Michael and Maria Consuelo Guerrero. University of Texas Pan American. “Transnational Reflections of an Aspiring Chicano and Chicana/Mexicana Academic.” De Anda, Roberto. Portland State University. “The Becas para Aztlan program: an Interview with Luz Bazan.”

Flor y Ciencia: Chicanas in Science, Mas and Engineering Gonzalez, Elma. UC Los Angeles. Martinez, Cleopatria. Phoenix Community College.

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Zavala, Maria Elena. CSU Northridge. Niebla, Elvia. Independent Scholar. Marinez, Diana. Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi. Montoya, Lupita. Ruiz, Elsa. Laredo Independent School District. Hurtado, Aida. UC Santa Cruz. Cantu, Norma, UT San Antonio.

Mixtizaje: Chicana/o Intermarriage, Multiethnicity, and Blended Communities Castañeda-Liles, Josef. UC Santa Barbara. Guevarra, Jr., Rudy. UC Santa Barbara. Romo, Rebecca. UC Santa Barbara.

Cultural Practices in Perspectives Castañeda-Liles, Socorro. UC Santa Barbara. “Our Lady of Structural Violence: La Virgen de Guadalupe in Chicana/Mexicana Praxis.” Lopez, Linda, San Francisco State University. “Quince Lunas: a collective analysis of Latinas and Quinceañeras.” Rodriguez, Genevie. UT San Antonio. “Language Literacy/Cultural Literacy? Translating Day of the Dead.” Galarte, Johanna. University of Illinois–Urbana Champaign. “‘Homofrequencia’: Queer Latina/o Identity, Resistance and Activism in Pilsen, Chicago Illinois.”

Movimiento Estudinatil Xicano de Aztlan: a Historical Analysis of MEXA at Michigan State University and New Directions Mireles, Ernesto Todd. Michigan State University. “A Photographic Essay of MEXA at Michigan State University.” Zavala, Maria. Michigan State University. “What's in a Name?: the Evolution of MEChA to MEXA at Michigan State University.” Gonzalez, Claudia. Michigan State University. “‘Sometimes there is Another Side’: MEXA Organization Development and Evolution at Michigan State University.” Cortez, Ilena. Michigan State University. “New directions in Educating and Organizing la Raza: a Politicial Platform for the 21st Century.” Chair: Garcia, Jerry. Michigan State University.

¿Quienes Somos? Romero, Robert. UC Los Angeles. “‘El Destierro de los Chinos’: Popular Perspectives of Chinese- Mexican Interracial Marriage as Reflected in Poetry, Cartoon, Comedy, and Musical Recordings of the UCLA Frontera Collection.” Russel y Rodriguez, Monica. Northwestern University. “The Mixed-Race Voice Over: when Social Science Methodologies Fail.” Sanchez, Thomas Wayne. University of Nebraska-Omaha. “Doing Research in a Latino Community: a Chicano Perspective on Gaining Latino Immigrants' Trust.” Ovalle, Alejandra. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “Definition of Chicano by Generation: a Case Study of in Waukesha Wisconsin.” Rios, Jr. Sam. CSU Sacramento. “Chicano & Latino Elders in the USA: 2030.”

Mediations of Transnational Violence: Performance, Literature, Oral Narrative and the Politics of Memory

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Esparza, Araceli. University of Southern California. “Structures of Deniability and Memories of Violence in Demetria Martinez’s Mother Tongue.” Vera Rosas, Gretel H. University of Southern California. “Lo Inombrable e Inasible: U.S./ Colombia and the Audibility of the Disappeared in the Poetry of Antonieta Villamil.” Guerrero, Perla M. University of Southern California. “Latina/o Oral Narrative and Southern Histories of Violence.” Alejandra Prado, Reina. University of Southern California. “Politicizing the Body: Rites of Healing in Raquel Salinas's Performances.”

Latina Youth Segura, Denise, and Gervirtz, Rosita Ramirez. University of California Santa Barbara. “Education for Empowerment: Supporting Latina/o Undergraduates’ Ways of Knowing.” Schneider, Melba. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. “Transcultural Social/Self Mirroring: Latina/o Youth Empowerment via Civic Engagement.” Pacheco, Vivian. Pomona College. “New Generation: Exploring the Experiences of the Children of Chicano and Chicana Activists.”

La Voz De La Mujer: Chicana, Latina and Indigenous Women’s Narratives and Oral Histories Creating Critical Perspectives in Chicana/o Discourses Cardenas, Janyce. UC Los Angeles. “Empowerment and Resistance: Examining the Multidimensional Approach of Women’s Farm Worker Organizing of Lideres Campesinas.” Alvarez, Crystal. UC Los Angeles. “‘I’m emotional and I used to think that made me weak’: Narratives of Chicana Continuation High School Graduates Pursing Higher Education.” Bermudez, Rosie. UC Los Angeles. “Rehistoricizing the Chicano Movement: Chicana Activism in Los Angeles, Comision Feminil Mexicana Nacional.” Lopez, April. UC Los Angeles. “Challenging Dominant Paradigms with Our Bodies: a Multidisciplinary Historical Analysis of Menstruation.” Chair: Blackwell, Maylei. UC Los Angeles.

Presentations from the Blackness and Indigeneity in the Beginnings of the Modern World Working Group, UCB DeLugan, Robin M. UC Berkeley. “‘Same Cat, Different Stripes’: E/migrants + Native American Coalition-Building = Indigeneity in Northern California.” Gonzalez, Jorge. UC Berkeley. “Zapatismo: Re-making Nations From Below, Without Hegemony, through a De-Centered West.” Taylor-Garcia, Daphne Vanessa. UC Berkeley. “Malintzin in an Anti-Black World: a Study on the Place of the Indigenous in the Chain of Being.”

¡Un Camino Solitario! / “A Lonely Road!” Chicanas/os in the Tenure and Promotion Process: the Socialization of Research, Teaching, and Service González, Juan Carlos. University of Missouri-Kansas City. “First Year at a Research/Teaching University in the Midwest.” Vaquera, Gloria. John Carroll University. “Year Two at a Liberal Arts School.” Portillos, Edwardo. University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. “Year Three: from California to Colorado.” Bejarano, Cynthia. New Mexico State University. “Tenure Year: Finishing the Tenure Packet Process.” Chair: Saenz, Victor B. UC Los Angeles.

Looking Beyond the Special Education Class: Case Studies of Classroom Teachers Working with Bilingual Latino Special Education Students Aronie, Rosario. Mary Buren Elementary-Guadalupe.

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Reynoso, Salvador. Mary Buren Elementary-Guadalupe. Ortiz-Alvarez, Camelia. Mary Buren Elementary School-Guadalupe. Aleman, Tino. Mary Buren Elementary-Guadalupe. Rosas, Sandra. Mary Buren Elementary-Guadalupe. Discussant: Hernandez, Anita. California Polytechnic State University.

Transnational Educational Processes and Practices: an Examination of Cross-Border Migration and Meaning-Making Martinez, Isabel. Columbia University. “The Paradox of Transnational Dropouts.” Flores, Stella. Harvard University. “The Swirl Migration of Mexican-origin Students: Data Analysis of Cross-Border Flows Using the Mexican and U.S. Census Data.” Ek, Lucila. University of Texas-San Antonio. “Church Pedagogies: Learning and Development of Latina Immigrant Pentecostal Youth.” Discussant: Huerta, Manuel. Teachers College, Columbia University.

Shifting Education: Creating Multicultural Communities Hurtado, Aida. UC Santa Cruz. “Saber es Poder: Changing Chicano Parents’ Knowledge about College.” Roa, Jessica. University of California Santa Cruz. “Youth Pushed to the Margins: University Students and the Perceptions of their Mentors.” Silva, Janelle. UC Santa Cruz. “Multiculturalism on the Small: the World of Dora the Explorer.” Discussant: Sinha, Mrinal. UC Santa Cruz.

Broken Mirrors: Media, Teatro and Praxes of Change Cortez Walden, Lisa. UT San Antonio. “Re/visioning Coyoalxauqui: Illuminating Chicano Media in San Antonio, Texas.” Alvarado, Elisa Marina. Teatro Visión - Mexican Heritage Plaza, SJ, CA. “Activism, Leadership and Social Change: Instituting Teatro.” Méndez-Negrete, Josephine. UT San Antonio. “Stretching Boundaries: Conociendonos in Performance.” Cárdenas, Norma. UT San Antonio. “The art of cooking: From tamales to the panza and the kitchen, a Chicana feminist theatrical performance.”

The Most Riskiest Thing I Have Ever Done in My Life was to Attend UC Berkeley: Undergraduate Students Balancing Family Expectations, Academic Demands and Activism Garcia, Arleen. UC Berkeley. Miranda, Juana. UC Berkeley. Vasquez, Jessica. UC Berkeley. Gonzalez, Alejandro. UC Berkeley. Chair: Gallegos-Diaz, Lupe. UC Berkeley.

Mujeres in Transition Gomez, Julissa. CSU Northridge. “Mexicanas in Transition Factors and trends of Mexican women immigrating to Los Angeles in the last 10 years.” Garcia, Raul. University of Washington. “Mujeres del Noroeste: the Origins of the Chicana Movement in the State of Washington.” Trinidad Galvan, Ruth. University of New Mexico. “Survivance, Translocal Spaces and Mujeres Campesinas: Social Relations of a Place in Rural Mexico.”

Emerging from the Mud: Indigenous knowledge and social change in Mexico in the Mud People: Chronicles, Testimonios & Remembrances Gonzales, Patrisia. University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Vasquez, Irene. CSU Dominguez Hills. Sandoval, Juan Manuel. DEAS-INAH. Zuniga, Rosa Maria. INAH-Colima. Gomez-Quinones, Juan. UC Los Angeles.

Environmental and Border Justice on the Mexico/Texas Border: the case of Matamoros, Tamaulipas and Brownsville, Texas Martinez, Andres. St. Cloud State University. Close, Megan. St. Cloud State University. Casanova, Steve. St. Cloud State University. Smith, John. St. Cloud State University. Discussant: Casanova, Stephen. St. Cloud State University.

Indigenous and Chicana/o Intersections on Behalf of Self and Community: the Struggle for Voice and Justice Ramirez, Ruby. CSU Dominguez Hills. “Gender, Power and Oppression through the Lenses of Native American Womanism and .” Andrade, Erendira. CSU Dominguez Hills. “Native American and Chicana Women’s Agency For Reproductive Justice.” Saenz, Jesus. CSU Dominguez Hills. “The Zapatistas’ continuing struggle for democracy.” Chair: Vasquez, Edith. UC Riverside.

Libros, Cuentos y Narativas Nuno, Anthony. CSU Bakersfield. “Chicanas/os and Postmodernity o Puro Cuento?” de la tierra, Tatiana. Univeristy at Buffalo. “Lesbian Libros in Spanish: Bibliographic Identification.” Garcìa Arguelles, Elsa Leticia. Universidad Veracruzana. “La narrativa autobiogràfica femenina Chicana.”

Implementing a Culturally-based Aubstance use and HIV Prevention Program for Chicana/o Adolescents Nuño, Tomas. University of Arizona. Orduña, Michele. University of Arizona. Romero, Andrea. University of Arizona. Carvajal, Scott. University of Arizona. Calza, Dominique. University of Arizona.

Dramatizing the Borderlands: the Theatre and Chicana/o Queer Identities González, Rigoberto. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Chavarría, Carlos Mauel. Arizona State University. Reyes, Guillermo. Arizona State University. Chair: Pérez, Daniel Enrique. University of Nevada, Reno.

Gendered Bodies in Social Context Torres, Edén. University of Minnesota. “Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You? Popular Culture and the Justice System.” Garcia-Lopez, Gladys. UC Santa Barbara. “La Licenciada: the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Chicana attorneys.” Longoria II, Rolando. UC Santa Barbara. “Dreaming in Cyborg: Cultural Nightmares, Gendered Bodies, and the Maquiladora Industry.” Arellano, Linda. UC Santa Barbara. “Engendering New Roles in the Barrio.”

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Betrayal and Violations: in the 1930s Briceno, Gerardo. Alvares, Alfonzo. Cortez, Alex.

Gender Gazes Alvarez, Eddy. CSU Northridge. “Carnaval, Marianismo and the Demonization of Queer in La Madrastra and other Televisa Productions.” Danielson, Marivel. Arizona State University. “Nuestras Nostalgias: Mapping Queer Chicana Homelands.” Heredia, Juanita. Northern Arizona University. “Transnational Latina Narratives: Towards a Comparative Global Feminism.” Garcia, Emma. Colby College. “Gender Gazes: Pleasurable Negotiations of Chicana feminitity in Denise Chavez’s Loving Pedro Infante.”

Linking the Local with the Global in Struggles for Social Justice through Technology-Driven Organizing & Contemporary Urban Guerrilla Tactics Ochoa, Luis. UC Berkeley. Gonzalez, Jorge. UC Berkeley. Chair: Hernandez, Monica. UC Berkeley.

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